A mural There are many different styles and techniques. The best-known is probably fresco, which uses water soluble paints with a damp lime wash. Murals of sorts, date to prehistoric times, such as the paintings on the Caves of Lascaux in southern France, but the term became famous with the Mexican “muralista” art movement (Diego Rivera, David Siqueiros, or JosE Orozco).
The Arts
Are you nutty about Neoclassicism? Excited about Expressionism? Batty about the Baroque Era? Put your art expertise to the test with these questions and prove that you're more than a novice.
The painting The Scream was stolen form which city in 1994?
Which Spanish Salvador was a surrealist artist?
Which architectural term is defined as ‘an ornamental building or structure built purely for decoration’?
Albert Giacometti found fame as what?
Where can you find the world’s largest collection of baseball cards – more than 200,000?
Which Dutch painter cut off part of his ear after a quarrel?
What artist had his wife pose for the face of Christ in his painting of the Last Supper?
Made famous by The Da Vince Code, what drawing depicts a nude male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and simultaneously inscribed in a circle and square?
Who first conceived the helicopter, which at the time was called an ornithopter because it was designed to simulate birds in flight?
Bistre, Sorrel and Vandyke are shades of which colour?
In 1956 where were the Melbourne Olympic Equestrian events held?
What kind of creature is the villain’s henchman, Fidget, in Disney’s Basil, The Great Mouse Detective?
Which Bronte sister lived longest?
In 1931 there were an estimated 1,000,000 to 4,000,000 people killed in one country alone in floods, can you name the country?
What short-lived company did Apple, IBM and Hewlett-Packard spawn to create platform-independent software?
Who did the Americans recognize as ruler of Vietnam in 1950 when the Soviets acknowledged Ho Chi Min?
Which word, in every day use in this country, is the Tamil word for sauce?
Who had a UK number one with “Little Things” in 2012?
FROM WHAT TYPE OF STONE IS THE “VENUS DE MILO” MADE?
WHICH AMERICAN ARCHITECT – ENGINEER INVENTED GEODESIC DOME CONSTRUCTION?
WHICH ARTIST PAINTED THE FAMOUS PAINTING KNOWN AS “LA GUERNICA”?
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE ARCHITECT FROM PONTEFRACT WHO DURING THE 60’S ENDED UP IN PRISON?
BY WHAT NAME IS THE PAINTING, “LA GIACONDA” MORE COMMONLY KNOWN?
The straight line belongs to Man. The curved line belongs to God. This statement by which Spanish architect captures the essence of his work that is sometimes called Organic Architecture?
WHICH GERMAN ARCHITECT WHO DESIGNED THE SEAGRAM BUILDING IN NEW YORK SAID “LESS IS MORE, GOD IS IN THE DETAILS”?
WHAT ‘R’ IS ARGUABLY BRITAIN’S PREMIER PORTRAIT PAINTER?
WHICH DANCER, WHO DIED IN 1927, WAS STRANGLED BY A SCARF CAUGHT ON A CAR WHEEL?
AND WHO DESIGNED IT?
WHICH DANCER DIED IN 1927 STRANGLED BY SCARF ON CAR WHEEL?
WHAT IS THE WORLDS LARGEST GALLERY?
WHAT IS THE COMMON TERM FOR A SLOW DANCE IN TRIPLE TIME?
Which famed London arts centre opened in 1982?
Emanuel Radinsky was born in Philadelphia in 1890 and died in Paris in 1976. He was a surrealist painter and photographer. By which name is he better known?
Abstract expressionist painter Arshile Gorky plagiarized the work of sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, but it wasn’t art that he copied. What was it?
Who founded the Cubism movement with Picasso?
Which Spaniard is known for his hallucinatory paintings?
Who carved Pinocchio?
What nationality was the famous artist Rembrandt?
What color do you get if you mix blue and yellow paint?
What famous artist designed shirts, hats, ashtrays, stamps, brandy bottles, coat hangers, bathing suits, crystal ware, tapestries, and playing cards – among other things?
IN WHICH BRANCH OF THE ARTS DID DAME ALICIA MARKOVA FIND FAME?
WHICH DUTCH PAINTERS REAL NAME WAS “JEROME VAN AKEN”?
WHO SAID “I WANT TO ESTABLISH THE RIGHT TO DARE EVERYTHING”?
WHICH UK ARTIST PAINTED THE RAKES PROGRESS IN THE 1700S?
WHO PAINTED THE CEILING OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL?
WHAT IS THE SPANISH DANCE MUSIC NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH CASTANETS?
RENE LALIQUE – ART NOUVEAU DESIGNER WORKED WHAT MATERIAL?
Who designed the uniform of the Swiss Guard, the bodyguards of the Pope?
What was the name of Vincent van Gogh’s art dealer brother?
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